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Selling in the big banks and energy names is weighing, with the ASX 200 struggling to erase early losses but holding above 5900 points.

$4.4b in five minutes: Bezos cashes in on Amazon share surge

Rising up the rich list: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

A surge in after hours trading for Amazon.com added $US3.3 billion ($4.4 billion) to the fortune of Jeff Bezos, putting him less than $US5 billion ($6.7 billion) away from becoming the world's richest person.

Analyst who made $48,000 in an hour now faces $1 million fine

For each of the 28 trades linked to Kepler ratings "the share price always moved in the direction of the broker's ...

Former Kepler Cheuvreux analyst Geoffroy Stern made 28 trades based on draft recommendations his brokerage was set to publish hours later.

8@eight: Miners in spotlight

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The local sharemarket is set to open lower with the big miners poised to retreat, with BHP dropping 4.8 per cent in London and Rio Tinto shedding 2.6 per cent.

Amazon's quarterly profit surges

An Amazon worker wheels back a cart after loading a bag of groceries into a customer's car at an AmazonFresh Pickup ...

Amazon.com reported quarterly revenue and profit above expectations on gains at its retail and cloud-computing businesses.

Japanese stock rally overdone

"We see high uncertainty," said Yoshinori Shigemi, a global market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management in Tokyo. "We ...

Japanese stocks have gone from worst to best performers in Asia in the space of two weeks, one investor is highly sceptical.

Amazon's shares jump as profit, revenue beat estimates

Amazon is likely to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in Australia over the next few years.

Amazons shares surge in after-hours trading after first quarter results beat estimates

Copper, zinc weaker on China worries

The LME price of zinc, the metal mainly used for galvanising steel, ended down 1.1 per cent at $US2597. The global zinc ...

Copper and zinc fell, while nickel recovered from a fresh 10-month low, on concern about demand in China.

Market Indices

Updated: April 28, 2017 - 4:01PM

Updated: April 28, 2017 - 3:46PM

Updated: April 28, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: April 28, 2017 - 2:00AM

Advances

Price

217.00

Percentage up/down

45.21% rise
Declines

Price

207.00

Percentage up/down

43.13% fall
Unchanged

Price

56.00

Percentage up/down

11.67% steady

Last updated: Apr 28, 2017 - 4:01PM

Goldman Sachs and UBS Group both expect the shared currency to extend its advance toward $US1.13.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7476	0.7473	0.0012rise	0.16% rise
AUD/EUR	0.6883	0.6879	0.0019rise	0.28% rise
Updated: April 28, 2017 - 4:00PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 11.20

Change in: -0.4880fall
Percentage up/down: (-4.17%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	5,423,840,251	1,868,325,286	1,062,218
Industrial	4,181,530,694	728,778,580	843,747
Mining	1,203,226,177	1,139,117,236	214,370

Last updated: April 28, 2017 - 4:01PM

Code	Name	New Highs	Last Week	Last Month
SPI	SPITFIRE MAT LTD	0.165rise	0.120	0.090
PGS	PLANET GAS LTD	0.017rise	0.013	0.012
IMC	IMMURON LIMITED	0.590rise	0.480	0.435
PYC	PHYLOGICA LIMITED	0.046rise	0.039	0.036
HML	HENRY MORGAN LIMITED	1.970rise	1.710	1.710
IPC	IMPERIAL PACIFIC LTD	1.000rise	0.900	0.900
RDM	RED METAL LIMITED	0.170rise	0.155	0.145
NSX	NSX LIMITED	0.300rise	0.275	0.270
TZN	TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA.	0.205rise	0.190	0.195
CSR	CSR LIMITED	4.960rise	4.620	4.600
Updated: April 28, 2017 - 4:00PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
RAN	RANGE INTERNATIONAL	0.420fall	1.060	1.050
TEN	TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS	0.265fall	0.452	0.520
AER	AEERIS LTD	0.041fall	0.065	0.074
SCI	SILVER CITY MINERALS	0.015fall	0.021	0.021
RFN	REFFIND LIMITED	0.020fall	0.026	0.034
TKF	TIKFORCE LIMITED	0.031fall	0.040	0.035
DTZ	DOTZ NANO LTD	0.150fall	0.190	0.250
STX	STRIKE ENERGY LTD	0.072fall	0.091	0.077
UNL	UNITED NETWORKS LTD	0.140fall	0.175	0.180
XPE	XPED LIMITED	0.016fall	0.020	0.020
Updated: April 28, 2017 - 4:01PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Visioneering Technologies, Inc.	CTI	27/03/2017	0.42
G Medical Innovations Holdings Limited	GMV	31/03/2017	0.20
Magmatic Resources Limited	MAG	24/03/2017	0.20
Morphic Ethical Equities Fund Limited	MEC	03/05/2017	1.10
Mobilicom Limited	MOB	05/05/2017	0.20
Retech Technology., Co Limited	RTE	20/04/2017	0.50
Scout Security Limited	SCT	21/04/2017	0.20

AGL AGL ENERGY LIMITED.

ALL ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LIMITED

AMC AMCOR LIMITED

AMP AMP LIMITED

ANZ AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED

APA APA GROUP

ASX ASX LIMITED

AZJ AURIZON HOLDINGS LIMITED

BHP BHP BILLITON LIMITED

BXB BRAMBLES LIMITED

CBA COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

CPU COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED.

CSL CSL LIMITED

CTX CALTEX AUSTRALIA LIMITED

DXS DEXUS PROPERTY GROUP

FMG FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LTD

GMG GOODMAN GROUP

GPT GPT GROUP

IAG INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP LIMITED

IPL INCITEC PIVOT LIMITED

JHX JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC

LLC LENDLEASE GROUP

MGR MIRVAC GROUP

MPL MEDIBANK PRIVATE LIMITED

MQG MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED

NAB NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED

NCM NEWCREST MINING LIMITED

ORG ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED

ORI ORICA LIMITED

OSH OIL SEARCH LIMITED

QAN QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED

QBE QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED

RHC RAMSAY HEALTH CARE LIMITED

RIO RIO TINTO LIMITED

S32 SOUTH32 LIMITED

SCG SCENTRE GROUP

SGP STOCKLAND

SHL SONIC HEALTHCARE LIMITED

STO SANTOS LIMITED

SUN SUNCORP GROUP LIMITED

SYD SYDNEY AIRPORT

TCL TRANSURBAN GROUP

TLS TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED.

TWE TREASURY WINE ESTATES LIMITED

VCX VICINITY CENTRES

WBC WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION

WES WESFARMERS LIMITED

WFD WESTFIELD CORPORATION

WOW WOOLWORTHS LIMITED

WPL WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED

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